Raising Grass

via: IWASTESOMUCHTIME

Here, Little Monkey...

All I can say is, I appreciate their honesty...

*snort*

Moving along...

Speak Louder: Fab Music Friday

  “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:13-16)
 

This is why it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (Ephesians 5:14)

>Hear now this declaration  ~  From out across the nations  ~  We need to wake up and understand

Many hurting hearts are crying  ~  But our voices seem to be dying  ~  Can you see the battle raging on?

We are the light to reach this world  ~  We are the salt preserving these souls

Let's show them the love that we've received now

We are, we are in desperation  ~  We need to reach this generation
We are speaking louder than before

We are the hope that's been forgotten  ~  We have a love that will be brought and
We are speaking louder than before

Take every chance that you can  ~  Move together taking a stand
Never losing heart, we'll speak as one

We need to be the image of Christ
Show love and serve at all times
We can make a difference in these lands

We are the light to reach this world  ~  We are the salt preserving these souls
Let's show them the love that we've received now

We are, we are in desperation  ~  We need to reach this generation
We are speaking louder than before

We are the hope that's been forgotten  ~  We have the love that will be brought and
We are speaking louder than before

Everything's so surreal  ~  But this urgency I feel
We should be reaching out to all these desperate pleas

Oh, the need is real can't you feel
This call to revolution
My beating heart is breaking for them
That's why I'm speaking now
That's why I'm speaking now

We are, we are in desperation  ~  We need to reach this generation
We are speaking louder than before

We are the hope that's been forgotten  ~  We have a love that will be brought and
We are speaking louder than before

We are, we are, we're speaking louder
We are, we are, we're speaking louder
We are speaking louder than before
We are speaking louder than before
Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah...

Be Brave. Let your light shine. And have a great weekend.

Just A Little Randering: Ninety-Nine Times

A Little Refreshment Please

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

  (Hebrews 10:25)

I did nothing this weekend.

And I did it 2 hours away from home in a remote Minnesota lake cabin with three other beautiful women.  We talked, laughed, played games, ate lots of chocolate and drank lots of coffee, shared music and faith and struggles.  We stayed up late and slept in. We stayed in our jammies most of the day and didn't shower until the middle of the afternoon. We sat in silence and we shared God's Word.

We did all this...and, yet, we did nothing.

Because we did not chase kids, do laundry, or stress about our jobs or our churches or our homes. No one cleaned a toilet, or changed a diaper, or ran car pool for the 3rd time this week. Not one of us left to run errands, or pick up a sick kid, or attend a committee meeting.

We were four weary women sneaking away to do something other than the something that we normally do - and, in that, it felt deliciously like we were doing nothing.

And it felt good.